Whale Island

Whale Island is an island in , .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Japonski Island and Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church.

Island
is a small island in the city of in the of southeastern , United States. It lies across the Sitka Channel from Sitka's central business district.

Church
Photo: Barek, Public domain.
St. Michael's Cathedral is a cathedral of the , at Lincoln and Maksoutoff Streets in . The earliest Orthodox cathedral in the New World, it was built in the nineteenth century, when Alaska was under the control of Russia, though this structure burned down in 1966.

Park
Photo: Lordkinbote, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a national historical park in Sitka, Alaska. It was redesignated as a national historical park from its previous status as national monument on October 18, 1972.

Whale Island

Latitude
57.02512° or 57° 1′ 30″ north
Longitude
-135.34391° or 135° 20′ 38″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
94962MG4+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 373996303
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
5558429
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Satellite Map

Discover Whale Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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